PE Changes? UPDATE: hearing Petty Enterprises (#’s 43, 44, 45 and #43 CTS team) has parted ways with some of it’s engineering staff and that Larry MacReynolds (Fox Broadcaster) is considering working with the team when the Fox part of the TV deal is up after Sears Point(June 24th)(5-29-2001) UPDATE: while hearing there were some personnel changes in the engineering staff are true, the part about Larry MacReynold’s coming to PE is not true AND A reorganization within the competitive framework at Petty Enterprises has led to a new position for Chris Hussey and an increased role for Doug Hewitt. Hussey, who serves as crew chief for the #45 Sprint Dodge, will now also be race operations manager for Petty Enterprises, facilitating communications among the three Winston Cup teams, the engine and research and development departments. Doug Hewitt, head of mechanical research and development, will have his role increased. “We are maintaining our system in terms of identical cars and in how we operate each week,” said Kyle Petty, who drives the #45 car as well as serving as CEO of Petty Enterprises. “What we are looking to do is put more ‘racer’ into the decisions of what goes in our cars,” Petty said. “A lot of times things look good on paper but don.t always translate into good race cars. We feel Chris, working closely with Doug, Greg Steadman and Bryant Frazier (crew chiefs for the #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge and the #44 Georgia-Pacific Dodge), can put the ‘racing’ into our race cars. That, coupled with the engineering knowledge and expertise we have, will give us better and more consistent race cars each week.” “We’re moving forward. We’re moving ahead,” Petty said. “We’re making whatever changes we need to make to be competitive and to run up front.”(Williams Company)(5-30-2001)
